Francois Delattre Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/francois-delattre/ The low down on African affairs Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Francois Delattre Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/francois-delattre/ 32 32 World must wait for DRC election results, says SA ambassador to UN https://jjcornish.com/2019/01/world-must-wait-for-drc-election-results-says-sa-ambassador-to-un/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/01/world-must-wait-for-drc-election-results-says-sa-ambassador-to-un/ South Africa’s Ambassador to the United Nations Jerry Matjila says the world must wait for the electoral commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo to announce the results of last Sunday’s election. He was speaking as he went into a closed session of the United Nations Security Council on the poll designed to give the […]

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]]> South Africa’s Ambassador to the United Nations Jerry Matjila says the world must wait for the electoral commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo to announce the results of last Sunday’s election.

He was speaking as he went into a closed session of the United Nations Security Council on the poll designed to give the Congo its first democratic change of president in history.

France’s Ambassador to the UN, Francois Delattre, says the fact that the world organisation’s power house is meeting on the subject means it’s keeping a close watch on vote counting in the DRC.

The 15-nation UN Security Council, that now includes South Africa, issued no statement after last night’s meeting.

It will go into public session on the DRC on Tuesday. 

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]]> UN Security Council empowers EU to enforce Libyan arms embargo https://jjcornish.com/2016/06/un-security-council-empowers-eu-enforce-libyan-arms-embargo/ Tue, 14 Jun 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/06/un-security-council-empowers-eu-enforce-libyan-arms-embargo/ The UN Security Council has authourised the enforcement of  the arms embargo on Libya by EU warships. A resolution drafted by Britain and France expanding the EU mission rescuing migrants crossing the Mediterranean has been unanimously adopted by the UN powerhouse. ends intro Russia and China have supported the measure in terms of the enforce […]

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]]> The UN Security Council has authourised the enforcement of  the arms embargo on Libya by EU warships.

A resolution drafted by Britain and France expanding the EU mission rescuing migrants crossing the Mediterranean has been unanimously adopted by the UN powerhouse.

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Russia and China have supported the measure in terms of the enforce a 12-month mandate to inspect vessels bound to, or from Libya they suspect  are carrying arms.

French Ambassador Francois Delattre says cutting the arms flow to and from Libya will be a game-changer.

Amnesty International says it fears that closer cooperation with the Libyan government risks fuelling the rampant ill-treatment and indefinite detention in horrifying conditions of thousands of refugees and migrants.

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